Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 100
The master didn't expect the adults in his family to be so pessimistic, and couldn't help but said: "My lord, it shouldn't be like this?"

"That's not the case?" Liu Qi said with a sneer: "My current position is a hot potato. The salt merchants will not be reconciled. They will let my official and Shouning Hou fight to the death, but who is Shouning Hou? The younger brother of the empress, Your Majesty is only the empress, so what if he wins?"

"What can I get if I win? Will they give me more silver? Even if I give more money, how many years can I keep it? Can I still be an official of this transfer envoy for a lifetime?"

"Even if we win, can Shouninghou and those nobles let me go? Count on those salt merchants?" Liu Qi sneered and said with disdain in his tone: "Don't say they can't do it, So what can they do? Can they really spend all their wealth for this official?"

"What if I lose? What will happen to me if I lose? It's easy to send troops to the army, and you might lose your head."

"For some money, you can spend your life and wealth. The official's wealth and life can be measured by money? Money can be earned at any time. If you take the line of Shouninghou, are you afraid that you will have no chance to make money? Let's talk , this official is now from the third grade, maybe he can go to the sixth department, the money is not so important."

After hearing his lord's words, the master said hesitantly: "But lord, what if Marquis Shouning doesn't agree?"

"Why didn't you agree?" Liu Qi asked back with a smile: "I am a third-ranker after all, and now I am still a Yangzhou transit envoy. I am willing to give money and give up my seat. Why is Shouning Hou not willing? Shouning Hou wants The Lianghuai Salt Fields have no grudges with this official in the past, so why bother to kill this official?"

The master nodded, but he still asked worriedly: "But my lord, we have also taken a lot of money from those salt merchants these years, I am afraid they will not let it go? Besides, there are many of them in the court! "

"Give it up if you're not good at it?" Liu Qi sneered, "We'll wait until they can get through this test. What do you think Marquis Shouning and those nobles are going to use to persuade His Majesty? Isn't it the money from these smuggled salt merchants? How short is the court now?" Qian, who in the world doesn’t know? Your Majesty doesn’t even wear silk from Jiangnan.”

"If Your Majesty knows how much money these salt merchants and officials of the salt field have made selling illegal salt over the years, what do you think His Majesty will do?"

"Every man is innocent and he is guilty. People in this world cannot tolerate people who are as rich as a country, not to mention that these are all His Majesty's money? Do you think His Majesty's money is so easy to get? Once Shou Ninghou and they reveal the matter, No one can suppress it, this is a maelstrom, get out early and be safe, otherwise you won't know how to die."

"Now is a matter of life and death. It is a matter of life and death for you to go to the capital. You must not take it lightly. In this way, you bring Liao Yuan along."

Liao Yuan is Liu Qi's brother-in-law and a well-known salt merchant in Yangzhou. Most of Liu Qi's private salt business over the years has been through Liao Yuan.

"Since Marquis Shouning is eyeing the salt fields in Lianghuai, he must have salt merchants to work for him. Otherwise, if those salt merchants go on strike, there will be problems with the salt transportation of the whole world, so Marquis Shouning must also be short of manpower. You Take Liao Yuan there, don't be afraid to spend money, it doesn't matter if you spend all your money, you know?"

Seeing Liu Qi's slightly ferocious expression, the master quickly said, "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will definitely get things done."

"Go!" Liu Qi sighed, and then said: "Tomorrow I will go to see that Eunuch Wang, and by the way meet the people from Shouning Hou's Mansion, and try to let him speak for us when the time comes. I have prepared two generous gifts, and I will bring them there tomorrow, Qi Huan thought very well, but I am afraid that this time he will be in vain to fetch water from the bamboo basket."

"Don't worry, my lord, I'm going to prepare now!" Said the master turned around and walked out.

Beijing, Forbidden City.

The moonlight shone in the Forbidden City, making the palace look deserted. Zhu Houzhao was walking on the way to the Qianqing Palace wearing a cloak.After entering August, the weather is getting colder and colder, especially at night, and there are some hands and feet.Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but miss the down jackets of his later generations. It seems that he is going to do some wool spinning.

Among other things, it is also good to knit some sweaters to keep out the cold. As for cotton spinning, Zhu Houzhao has never thought about it.

This era is not like later generations, without Grandpa Yuan Longping, the top priority in the world is food, and the land must ensure the supply of food.Speaking of this, Zhu Houzhao thought of the plot in the TV series "Daming 1566" he watched in later generations, that is, the main grain producing areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang changed rice to mulberry.

Why change rice to mulberry?Because mulberry can raise cicadas, and raising cicadas can weave silk, these silks are not sold to the people of Ming Dynasty, these silks are very important goods smuggled along the coast.

Although the plot in the TV series is fictitious, it is true that major grain producing areas such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang have changed rice to mulberry. Capital is for profit. When the mulberry trees planted on the land can make them a lot of money, how can they still do it? He will grow food bitterly, but food is the most indispensable thing in this country.

Once there is no food, everything will stop. Even in later generations, with Grandpa Yuan, the country will buy a large amount of grain reserves every year.

In the south, rice is converted into mulberry. Once cotton textiles are developed in the north, it will be converted into cotton. When the profits start to roll in, no one can stop it. By then, the food crisis in Ming Dynasty will be even more serious, and there will even be problems. There is a very, very large food shortage, and if there is a slight natural disaster, there will be refugees everywhere, and disasters will be everywhere.

Wool textiles became the most suitable existence for Daming, and Zhu Houzhao naturally set his sights on the grassland, but it was too early to think about it now, and with Daming's strength, it was impossible to look north at the grassland.

Salt merchants no longer transported grain to the frontiers in exchange for salt imports. The commercial settlements in the frontiers were destroyed, and a large number of people in the frontiers moved south, leaving the frontiers empty of population and the frontier army bitterly cold. This is not a long-term one.Mutual markets, wool spinning, this is a major policy to re-enrich the frontier population from the plastic merchant village system, Zhu Houzhao has long been planning in his heart.

The moment he walked into Qianqing Palace, Zhu Houzhao slowly retracted his thoughts, glanced at his father who was busy approving the test book, Zhu Houzhao bowed and said: "I have seen my father!"

Zhu Youtang raised his head and looked at Zhu Houzhao, then smiled and said, "Okay, come here, it's cold, isn't it? Remember to wear more clothes, don't freeze!"

Zhu Houzhao smiled and nodded: "My son is in good health, but father should pay more attention."

Gently waving his hands, Zhu Youtang said with a smile: "Since boxing with the emperor, my body has improved a lot, and with the emperor's share of government affairs, I have improved a lot." He picked up an exercise book Handed it to Zhu Houzhao: "Look at this, the people you sent to Yangzhou have made a lot of noise!"

　I saw this chapter of "Wine Computer 2" book friend, saying that I was negligent about the memorial and the question book. I thought it was just like that, but it turned out to be quite different. Thank you "Wine Computer 2" book friend for your reminder, thank you , I have revised all of them, and I will add this plot later, thank you again.If you find anything wrong, you can leave a message in this chapter, and I will read it privately. Sometimes the book review area swallows book reviews, but I can't see it.

　　Before I knew it, I reached Chapter [-], thank you for your support, thank you, although I don’t know when it will be on the shelves, but with the current results, it is not a big problem to get a strong push to be on the shelves, thank you everyone, thank you!
　　
　
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